Kota Kita Foundation

From February 26–28, 2025, Kota Kita joined the Achieving Low-Emission Mobility in Indonesia – Regional Knowledge Sharing Event: Strategies, Partnerships, and Pathways to Action in Jakarta. Held by SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute, in collaboration with Clean Air Asia and Asia and Indonesia’s Center for Transportation and Logistic Studies (PUSTRAL), the forum served as a strategic platform for formulating more inclusive low-emission mobility solutions in Indonesia. In the session Leave No One Behind – Participatory Approach, Urban Designer Melania Alvianti Sumaryata from the Urban Inclusivity team shared insights through a presentation titled "From Voices to Action: Co-Designing Inclusive Low-Carbon Mobility Facilities for Vulnerable Groups through Participatory Approaches." The presentation highlighted the importance of co-designing to create low-emission transport infrastructure that is more inclusive and accessible to vulnerable groups. #LowCarbonMobility

Kota Kita was excited to participate in the ARA-TLS (The Adaptation Research Alliance): Knowledge Synthesis Symposium 2025, which was held from February 24 to 26, 2025, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This symposium was part of a global discussion series exploring the intersection of climate change with health and human settlements. In the Health and Human Settlement session, Nayaka Angger from the Urban Resilience team delivered a presentation titled "Material Transitions and Regenerative Building Practices in Bali, Indonesia." Sharing insights from the team’s ongoing effort to promote regenerative building practices through the Rebuilt initiative, he noted that transitioning to sustainable materials and adopting regenerative building practices could contribute to creating more climate-resilient settlements. #SustainableMaterial #RegenerativeMaterial

Since 2021, Kota Kita, in collaboration with the Urban and Regional Planning Program UGM and the Faculty of Geography UGM (Fakultas Geografi UGM), AKSANSI, and BORDA - Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association, Habitat Unit - Technische Universität Berlin, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, has been implementing the PolyUrbanWaters program in Sleman, Yogyakarta. This initiative adopts a polycentric approach, engaging multiple stakeholders—including residents—to integrate water-sensitive urban planning. Now, the insights from PolyUrbanWaters are compiled and made accessible through kotaramahair.id—a digital platform designed to serve as a reference for planning and promoting resilient, livable, and sustainable cities across Indonesia. Curious about how communities can actively contribute to water-sensitive urban planning? Or interested in discovering local solutions featured on kotaramahair.id? Join us for the kotaramahair.id launch event: 🗓 Wednesday, February 26, 2025 ⏰ 3:00 - 4:30 PM WIB 📍 Zoom: bit.ly/kk-kotaramahair  🪑 Registration: bit.ly/kotaramahair 🗣️ Interpretation will be in Bahasa Indonesia Speakers: Hasanatun Nisa Thamrin Bisma Setiyadi Panelists: Dona Saputra Ginting Rukuh Setiadi ☀️ Free and open to the public! #WaterSensitiveCities #KotaRamahAir

We’re excited to be part of the IBM Sustainability Accelerator's latest cohort for resilient cities, alongside four other innovative organizations - C40 Cities, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Mass General Brigham, and U.N. World Food. The IBM Sustainability Accelerator is a social innovation program that applies IBM technologies, such as hybrid cloud and AI, and an ecosystem of experts to enhance and scale projects aligned to the United Nations SDGs. Kota Kita will develop new AI models to identify and respond to the needs of Samarinda (Indonesia) citizens who are exposed to climate stress. We look forward to this journey and to making a difference together. Learn more: https://bit.ly/kk-ibm #IBMSustainabilityAccelerator

Join Kota Kita at the Open Government Partnership Asia-Pacific Regional meeting! We are excited to be part of this important gathering in Manila, Philippines, from February 5-7, 2025! We invite you to join our sessions and take part in discussions on strengthening collaboration, mainstreaming participation in decision-making, and building open, inclusive cities. 📩 Will you be there? Let’s connect! #OGPAsiaPacific #CivicParticipation #InclusiveCities

The Kota Kita team wishes to extend our deepest condolences for the passing of Yves Cabannes, our longtime supporter and a member of the Kota Kita Advisory Board. Yves was a dear friend and mentor to the Kota Kita team from the very beginning of our journey. His unwavering support and guidance inspired us through various achievements and milestones over the past fifteen years, shaping our efforts in advocating for more environmentally- and socially-just cities. His loss will be felt deeply by all who had the privilege of knowing him and learning from him. Our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time. May they find peace, comfort, and strength in the days ahead.

We are thrilled that our Inclusive Community Hub in Banjarmasin has been featured in the Champions of Inclusive Spaces report by Essl Foundation in cooperation with SG Enable! The Inclusive Community Hub was co-designed with residents of the Pelambuan Neighborhood to provide an inclusive public space for everyone, especially children, older people, and people with disabilities. 🔗Learn more about our initiative here: https://lnkd.in/gUccpf5D 🔗Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eyFhE95T

🌟 On November 26, 2024, Kota Kita was recognized by the Intercultural Innovation Hub (IIH) at the 10th UNAOC Global Forum—an initiative by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), BMW Group and supported by Accenture—for our initiative Surakarta Space Shaper: Empowering Children to Design Child-Friendly and Inclusive City in Cascais, Portugal. Building on insights and practices from our previous Sukaria Street for Kids initiative supported by the Global Designing Cities Initiative, the Surakarta Space Shaper program embodies our commitment to promoting democracy and participatory urban development by empowering children to take the lead in designing safer, more inclusive spaces in their communities. Through this initiative, we aim to inspire a future where cities are co-created by and for everyone. We are grateful for this recognition and remain committed to fostering inclusive urban development. Stay tuned for more updates about our work in promoting child-friendly spaces in the city! 👉 Learn more about the event:  https://lnkd.in/gj9mwiwq 👉 Learn more about our work in child-led urban design: https://lnkd.in/gnVYbXEH #KotaKita #InclusiveCities #ChildFriendlyCities #IIH #InterculturalInnovationHub #UNAOCGlobalForum #CascaisForum

Kota Kita Executive Director Ahmad Rifai participated in the second day of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Parliamentary Forum on Human Rights and Democracy on December 7, 2024, in Denpasar, Indonesia. This forum emphasized the critical role of parliamentarians in upholding democratic values, ensuring government transparency, and bridging citizen needs through inclusive policymaking. During the discussion, Rifai shared insights on how human rights can be woven into urban governance. His presentation, "Human Rights and the City: Using the Frameworks of the Right to the City in Promoting Democratic Urban Governance," explored the importance of adopting the Right to the City approach to advance inclusive and democratic urban development. Learn more about Right to the City in Asia https://lnkd.in/g--trxev #APHR #MembersForum #ParliamentaryForum

Happy to share that I'll be speaking at Climate Justice and the Value of People-Led Urban River Regeneration! Make sure to attend it today.